VoIP & Gadgets Blog

Received this Instat report I thought I'd share: Also, check out this NWFusion article titled "Throwing some water on WiMax and VoIP providers". Perhaps it gives a dose of reality for the WiMAX and VoIP hype. Nah. We need more hype! : )

WiMAX Gains Traction But Needs VoIP

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz., January 25, 2005 - WiMAX, or Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access, is becoming a force in the wireless access arena, at least in parts of the world, reports In-Stat (http://www.in-stat.com).

Broadcom has announced what they claim is the world's first Gigabit Ethernet IP Phone Chip. The Broadcom chip is designed to sit within a VoIP phone, routing and encrypting calls as well as data to and from the PC. The chip is Broadcom's first to ship with its internally designed BroadSafe security suite, which provides hardware encryption for the call. According to Broadcom, the phone can also be used with a software VPN for increased security. Interestingly, it is also intelligent enough to block a flood of packets from a DDOS/DOS (Distributed Denial of Service) attack.

According to Cnet, the next Exchange Server will combine e-mail and voice mail for a "unified messaging" solution. I'm not sure exactly what this means for Microsoft partners that currently offer their own unified messaging solutions based on Exchange Server. Does this leave them out in the cold?

A little history lesson/perspective.